Overwatch

Overwatch is a game universe created by Blizzard Entertainment. It is a class-based first-person shooter featuring a cast of "heroes" each team may choose from. It was released on May 24, 2016, on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

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StarCraft as a video game franchise appears to exist in the universe of Overwatch, as it is a game played by the character D.Va and her father. Upon her announcement, the D.Va was considered to be the number 1 ranked StarCraft player at the age of 16,[1] though this was deemed to be not canon.[2]

Two skins are references to StarCraft, with Widowmaker having a skin that makes her look like Nova Terra (with a C-20A rifle) and Orisa having a skin that makes her look like an immortal (with a Khalai Caste symbol on her chest and weapons). Orisa's skin changes her Supercharger to have the skin of a pylon.

In the game's theatrical trailer, a Terran Dominion logo can be seen on one of the soldier's shoulder pads.[3]

In the offense spawning point of the game's Hanamura level, there are various arcade machines that reference different Blizzard franchises. One, named Siege Mode 3, contains a terransiege tank facing down against a marine, with a vulture occasionally speeding by. Another is named Lost Vikings VI, and contains a terran viking, which is a reference to the Blizzard property, the Wings of Liberty campaign minigame, and the unit. Finally, there are machines named Fighters of the Storm (a reference to Heroes of the Storm) which show the characters Tychus Findlay and Sarah Kerrigan.

In the offense spawning point of the Route 66level, a comic on the diner's counter is named "Craft from the Stars." The comic's cover has the faces of Jim Raynor, Sarah Kerrigan and Zeratul, as well as a protoss mothership surrounded by battlecruisers. Next to it is an open comic that has Kerrigan and a blue marine. One of the nozzle labels for the soda machine behind the counter has the symbol of the Zerg Swarm.

D.Va has an unlockable emote named "Game On," where she plays a holographic game where she controls a terran viking.

The character design of McCree may have been based on early StarCraft concept art for the unused character of Prospector Logann. Later concept art of the character shows McCree standing on a hydralisk with terran dropships in the background.[4]

Toy marines, zerglings and SCVs can be found around the map. When shot, they give the unit's death noise. Backpacks around the park have the StarCraft logo, and some cups are shaped like marines.

The park features a large pylon, a siege tank, and a massive Nexus that serves as the defense's initial spawning point. In the background of the Journey to Aiur, a gateway and generic protoss structures can be seen.

Next to the ghost academy, there are mineral outcroppings with probes mining them.

Speakers outside of The Nexus Experience and Ghost Academy will play the Terran 3 soundtrack from StarCraft. Speakers inside the Nexus Experience will play the track "Firstborn" from Wings of Liberty. The Pylon Terrace cafe will play the StarCraft Protoss Briefing Room track.

The announcer in the Nexus Experience and Pylon Cafe area is reminiscent of the adjutant. The adjutant voice will advertise mineral, vespene and creep flavored creamsicles, as well as ravager-dogs, stimpack sodas, and carrier strollers.

One of the announcements talks about the Journey to Aiur ride, and advertises it with "join your brethren to retake your homeland with... mixed results." This is a reference to the failed Reclamation of Aiur at the beginning of Legacy of the Void.